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U.S. General Patch, U.S. Admiral Hewitt, and French Admiral Lemonnier lead the Allied fleet invasion of southern France.

Amphibious and airborne Allied forces land in southern France during World War II. (Operation Dragoon in August 1944). Map of France depicts Allied landings at Normandy on D-Day. Naples: An Allied naval force assembles, poised for landing in Southern France, 10 weeks after the Normandy D-Day invasion. Thousands of landing crafts, trucks, tanks, mobile cannons, military vehicles and equipment in the embarkation area. Barrages in flight overhead. Allied officers supervise as the vehicles are loaded into ships. US, French, British, Greek and Polish troops move up to their ships. The ships underway in the Mediterranean. U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, U.S. Army General Alexander Patch, French Admiral Andre Lemonnier and U.S. Navy Admiral Henry Hewitt (Chief of the Atlantic Invasion Fleet) aboard the flagship. Allied soldiers stitch sleeve patches. An animated map depicts the Allied invasion of southern France near Toulon in a combined amphibious and airborne assault. Hundreds of transport aircraft carry paratroop forces. The paratroopers get ready, jump, and descend to the ground. The amphibious forces near the French coast. German shore batteries fire at the approaching naval vessels. Explosions on ships and in water. Allied troops crouched in landing crafts. They hit the beach under shell fire and advance in land.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021888
Liberation of Southern France from Germany, Paris, France (WW2)

Animated map shows France, Germany, and England during World War II. An arrow points to Marseilles. Paratroopers of Airborne Infantry prepare to jump from flying aircraft. Parachutes on paratroopers descending from aircraft. Allied amphibious ships land on the coast of the French Riviera. Barrage balloons are seen. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) waves the French flag in Paris. Free French troops and guerrilla men and women stand at attention. View of Rue de Rivoli and the Louvre Museum. French forces engage with German troops in street fighting. A French guerrilla shoots a German soldier. M4 Sherman tanks, trucks and other vehicles moving in the streets of Paris. A French man throws a grenade out from his window. A German soldier on fire escapes from burning vehicle. A French couple seizes weapons from an unconscious German soldier. French civilians with rifles sit behind sandbags. French Second Armored Division moving towards Paris. French civilians welcome the arrival of the French Second Armored Division at Montmartre. Marshal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque talking to another soldier. A tank in front of a fence written with “Bois Charbons” (“Charcoal”). French Second Armored Division and German forces engage in street fighting. A woman grabs her son, taking him inside their house. French men watching the street fighting. French Second Armored Division M4 Sherman tank firing on the street. A machine gun of the French Second Armored Division. Thick smoke from a building. German soldier with white flag. German troops captured in Place de la Concorde. German troops raise their hands while being searched. Civilians cheer and hug each other. A soldier receives kisses from women. General Charles de Gaulle enters the city. A sign reads 'Avenue des Champs Elysees'. People buying newspapers on street. Children play in liberated France. Men and women singing the La Marseillaise is heard from the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041994
Various scenes involving British forces during World War Two.

Activities of the Allies in the European Theater during World War II. Officers and prisoners walk up a gangway aboard an Allied ship. Wounded German prisoners being brought aboard the ship heading for France. Bombs being loaded aboard a Royal Air Force (RAF) Short Stirling bomber at an airbase in the UK. A flight crew boards the aircraft and is in the cockpit. A gunner at a mounted machine gun aboard the airplane. A captured German Ju-88 aircraft being performance tested at an air base in England. Near head-on view of the JU-88 taking off. View of tail rising as it gains speed and is about to break ground. Views of the JU-88 in flight over the airdrome. A RAF Hawker Hurricane takes off. The aircraft in flight. The aircraft attacks a Nazi ship in the North Sea. Explosions occur at the sea. A Nazi U boat being captured by a RAF Coastal Command airplane. The British flag flies aboard the German submarine. The German captain of the U-boat seen up close with grim expression on his face. British civilians on dock in harbor wave their hats and cheer as the captured U-boat approaches the dock.

Date: 1941, October 20
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059331
German propaganda film excerpts: German He-111 bomber is attacked by British P-36 Mohawk fighters after bombing British convoy

Excerpt from German propaganda film directed by Hans Bertram, released during World War 2, entitled "Kampfgeschwader Luetzow." Dramatizations feature authentic German aircraft and scenes include: German air attack on British convoy in European Theater during World War II. German officers receive report of bomber strike against British ship and plot results of bombing in headquarters. British crew abandoning burning British transport. Crew in cockpit of German aircraft Heinkel He 111. Formation of British P-36 Mohawk fighter aircraft. they attack the He-111 and hit it with many bullets. German machine gunner fires at P-36. Clouded, horizon in the background. P-36 falls streaming smoke. Another P-36 attacks and kills the German bomber pilot. Gunner runs to cockpit and takes control, shooting down the P-36. A third P-36 attacks and disables the bomber's number one engine, which the crew feathers and shuts down. The He-111 seen flying on number 2 engine only. View of Number one feathered. With bomber in and out of clouds, crewman attempts to keep it straight and level using artificial horizon instrument. With voice radio inoperative, German crewman uses modulated carrier wave (morse code) to send distress message which is received in German Headquarters.

Date: 1941
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071331
Soviet Pe-2 dive bomber dropping bombs on German targets during World War 2

Soviet airplanes in the European Theater during World War II. A Soviet two-engine Petlyakov Pe-2 light bomber takes off. Pe-2 bomber in flight. Interior view of the aircraft shows a bombardier over target areas. Bombs fall toward a target. Bombs strike. Interior of airplane: The aircraft in flight shows crew of the Soviet bomber.

Date: 1941
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070872
Devastation from Calimano Theater fire in Guayama, Puerto Rico, and rebuilding efforts.

Scene of several buildings including the Calimano Theater, wrecked due to a fire. Newspaper headline states that youth from the National Youth Administration (NYA) extinguished the fire at the Calimano Theater. Scene of fire fighters in Puerto Rico arriving on scene, hooking up fire hoses, and spraying water. A sign reads "National Youth Administration U.S. Coast Guard project". Young men at work reconstructing buildings. Scaffolding in front of a building and a man pulls a wheelbarrow behind him. Sign on building reads, "Departamento de Sanidad. Laboratorio Central de Rayos 'X' " (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058633